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Plan B is not a Plan for Catholics…or a Catholic University

Plan B pill

A professor in the School of Pharmacy at the University of Saint Joseph, a college in the Archdiocese of Hartford and affiliated with the Sisters of Mercy, has publicly endorsed the plan to make Plan B available to children as young as 15 years old. The university, the Sisters of Mercy, and the Archdiocese...
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The Word from the Womb

mary elizabeth

Number of Views :359Today’s Gospel is one I’ve always enjoyed hearing – it gives me a taste of the sheer joy that is Christmas for Christians.  Today, it served a different purpose.  For some time, the Citizen has been concerned about a schism not only among Catholics but Christians as a whole – and...
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A Primer on the ‘Primacy of Conscience’

sock monkey angel and devil

Another 'Catholic' politician crowns himself as a Doctor of the Church - and like Madame Pelosi - gets it wrong.
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Porportionate Reasoning – Putting It all Together…

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Proportionate reasoning is a little-known tool we can employ to evaluate the best course to take when no course is clearly a good choice. Learn how it can serve as a moral compass to help us make the best decision in this year's presidential election in this essay.
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Why Cardinal Dolan is Wrong about the Al Smith Dinner

St. Thomas More Confronts Wolsey

Number of Views :1012The Citizen is told that Cardinal Dolan is a nice guy. I’m willing to believe that. I am told that he is highly educated in the Faith – I would hope so. I am also told that he knows exactly what he is doing by inviting Mr. Obama to the Al...
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Sorry, but it does take more than love to make a family…

Jesus King Judge

Number of Views :588This whole Chik-fil-A furor seems to be creating an interesting bout of finger-pointing about Jesus, gay marriage, and tolerance. One justification of Christ embracing homosexuality came from a fairly liberal (no pun intended) interpretation of Mark 7:15 “…here is nothing outside the man which can defile him if it goes into him;...
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the Vatican Speaks on Social Justice

Cardinal Turkson

One of the Vatican's leading voices on Catholic social justice is coming to America to address a conference on social concerns...and set some minds straight on Catholic teachings on social justice issues.
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Deliver us from Liberation Theology…

Deliver us from Liberation Theology…

Socialists - within and without the community of Catholics - have sought to twist the simple message of Christian charity into something far more ominous. We cannot allow this to continue.
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Judge Not and Ye SHALL be Judged….

Jesus King Judge

Number of Views :3331The Citizen is undergoing yet another round of ‘stop being judgmental’ and ‘judge not’ remarks from the liberals of his acquaintance. While this charge is annoying when it comes from the secular lib, it is appalling when it comes from those who presume to be learned in theology and practicing members...
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Why the National ‘Catholic’ Reporter is anything but

Why the National ‘Catholic’ Reporter is anything but

Number of Views :1540The National Catholic Reporter is a ‘progressive’ Catholic newspaper – and indicative of the serious problems facing the American Catholic. The editor embraced the signing of the Obama health plan, proclaiming that ‘….Congress and its Catholics should say yes to health care reform.’ Certainly, Catholics should say ‘yes’ to reform. Reform...
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